major? minor? help!

i may not have had the most successful high school career ever, but i do think that i did a really good job of mapping out my curriculum for the four years. when they told us to make up eight year plans in eighth grade -- i actually did. i sat down with the coursebook and highlighted every course i wanted to take in my four years. i didn't always stick to my plan...and i definitely made a few missteps along the way (like photo?!?!). but that plan was what determined my decision to take soph speech my freshman year, and what allowed me to graduate a semester early but with eight years of english and six of social sciences. it really helped.

so i want to have my four year plan in hand when i go off to northwestern this fall. this time it's even more crucial that i know exactly what i'm doing and when. so i have to start with an end in mind and then progress backwards. i've always known what i wanted to do, i've always wanted to be a lawyer. but recently i've been thinking about business as well. no problem, i can do a joint JD/MBA program. that's easily enough accomplished, at some schools, it's not even an extra year -- it's just a compressed program. but then, about two weeks ago, when my friend nathan was here -- i got into an argument about genetics and designer babies with him and his friend rachel. and then he was talking about pursuing law school after an engineering background. now i'm NOT proposing i do engineering (omg, i would diiiiieee), but it made me realize, more than ever, that a science background is not unthinkable preparation for law school. and that conversation made me remember how much i've always loved genetics. i've always talked about what an interesting field bioethical law would be and how much bigger it's going to get in the upcoming years. i just never actually thought about getting involved in it.

so i started researching, and i figured out that you don't actually pick a specialization in law school. you just sort of fall into one. so then i started thinking, well if i major in econ and english... what can i minor in?!? i mean, i don't realllly need to do a business minor, i'm already majoring in econ! i don't need to do a legal studies minor, law school no longer like pre law students. i could do philosophy or psychology or sociology or (gasp) nothing.. but even though those appeal to me, and would add to my liberal, broad based education -- there's no legitimate reason to study any of them. but, i could, theoretically, minor in biology. couldn't i? i don't know. i'm confused! i can't wait for school to start, i want to meet with my advisor NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!